Re: [Quilt-dev] Another shell re-write of backup-files.

[Kaz Kylheku]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:26:27 -0700, I <address@hidden> wrote:

I'm in the process of integrating the experimental script into quilt.

> # - Added files (i.e. backups of nonexistent files) are represented as a
> #   specially named file containing an explicit list, and not as zero-length
> #   files. This eases the implementation, and lets us back up/restore
> #   zero-length files!

This idea is too far-fetched. The diff utils need the zero-length
files.
I see that doing away with this representational artifact is too
far reaching into the quilt internals to be within the scope of
reimplementing backup-files.